Posts by Yong Joo Park:
Faith of Noah, Abraham and Moses
We studied on Noah’s Ark and the Flood during June 2013 and the Call of Abram (Abraham since Genesis 17:5) during July 2013.
It is ‘Faith’ that they were commended for (Hebrews 11:2)
Hebrews 11:1 defines ‘Faith’ as below:
1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Regarding to Noah’s faith, Hebrews 11:7 says,
7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.
Regarding to Abraham’s faith, Hebrews 11:8 – 19 says,
8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. 9 By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. 11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise. 12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
Genesis is followed by Exodus, where we can find Moses.
Regarding to Moses’s faith, Hebrews 11:24 – 28 says,
24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. 25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.
Let us live by faith!!!
#The Bible (TV miniseries) based on Genesis & Exodus can be watched @ http://catchup.ninemsn.com.au/thebible.
The Call of Abram
Genesis 12:1-3 1 The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. Abram was the 10th generation from Noah. He was married but had no child because his wife Sarai was not able to conceive (Genesis 11:30). Abram means “high father”. […]
The Tower of Babel
Genesis 11:1 – 9 1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. There was one language & one common vocabulary in the world (1). People moved and found a large & flat surface of the land in Shinar (=Babylonia) and […]
Genesis 10
The Table of Nations 1 This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood. The Japhethites 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah. 4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites. 5 (From these […]
After the Flood
Genesis 9:1 – 28 1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, […]
The Global Flood on the Earth
Genesis 8:1 – 22 Message 1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. 2 Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped […]
Noah’s Ark & The Flood
Genesis 7:1 – 24 1 The LORD then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. Let us think of the Word of God in verse 1: “because I have found you righteous in this generation” Noah was distinguished from the generation […]
Noah’s faith & obedience
Genesis 6:9 – 22 9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. Here, let us read carefully on the fact that Noah walked faithfully with God. How can we […]
The wickedness of the human race in Genesis 6
Genesis 6:1 – 8 1 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; […]
Cain and Abel
Genesis 4:1-26 Recommendation on the methodology to study the Holy Bible I think it is good practice to deeply think on each verse so that you may derive meanings from it by yourself. If you only listen to what others talk about the verse and don’t have a chance to think deeply on the […]
